Past hour. Nbc 10 National Correspondent dave wagner is live in roanoke with todays new developments. Dave . Reporter yeah, theres a growing memorial here at the tv station. Residents of roanoke as well as broadcasting students showing up here to pay their respects. Reaction ranges from anger to silence. Please join us in a moment of silence. Reporter 24 hours after their colleagues were shot to death, a time of reflection and a moment of silence at roanokes wdbj tv. The performance of this staff has been incredible. They cried, they hugged and then they get the job done. Reporter 24yearold Alison Parker and adam ward were in the middle of z interview yesterday morning when a former reporter, Vester Flanagan, walked and opened fire. Parker and ward were killed. Vicki gardner was seriously wounded while her husband watched it all unfold on tv. I immediately tried to call her on her cell phone. There was no response. The next time i spoke to her was when she called me from the ambulance.
As it moves near the florida east coast. We will watch this very closely. You see the cone gets wider the farther out we go in time because the uncertainty gets greater. So as we go through the next few days, models will get a better handle on this. As of now, a lot of computer models continue it towards the bahamas. At this point it is really a matter of whether or not this storm holds together. If it strengthens or if it stays weak as it crosses over maybe cuba. So a couple factors to keep in mind here. Again, this is farther out in time so of course, as we go through the next few days we will have a much better idea of what the storms going to do and of course, we will have more updates tonight as well. Coming up, we take a look at the local forecast. We have hotter temperatures coming in for the weekend. We mentioned how erika has already hit the caribbean island of domenica. About 400 miles away, people in puerto rico are preparing for whatever the storm may bring. Their loved one
But police say theres little they can do. These are only guidelines. We in Law Enforcement are waiting for the law makers to give us some Enforcement Powers to regulate the use of these drones. It brings about a sense of youre just uncomfortable as a result of not knowing what the situation really is. Reporter police say if something goes wrong, however, and somebody gets injured by a drone, then the operator will be held liable. In ocean city, ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. Tracking Tropical Storm erika. Already the storm has killed at least four people in the caribbean island of dominica. People in puerto rico are gearing up for flooding the storm may bring. Take a look at the latest hurricane loop. You see where the storm is churning right now. Who better to track this storm than our own hurricane expert, nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Glenn . It is a relatively weak and disorganized storm but its got a lot of rain with it and now that its going over l
Our area, and for the very latest on all of this, lets go to virginia for more. Reporter good afternoon take a look at this, the front page of the local paper says it all, this is a community in the state of shock, both of the victims grew up in this area and crew members throughout the morning are stopping by the station to let them know they are not grieving alone. Please join us now in a moment of silence. A moment of silence on the morning news at the exact time the team lost two of their best on air yesterday. Allison and adam this is for you. They were doing a feature story on local tourism when bullets came flying killing the two and injuring the woman being interviewed, vicky gardner. What happened yesterday was unusual for our community, i cant ever remember anything like that happening. The shooter was identified as vester flannigan who used the name Brian Williams online and was fire from the station. I remember many incidences of his anger coming to the fore, we dismissed h
Transferred by chopper and condition unknown. The traffic is diverted at retreat and new road this as the investigation continues, this is the second fatal accident here in southhampton, last tuesday night after dark, a group of kids pulling a wagon were walking along bud town road and were struck by a vehicle, the 2yearold boy was killed and his 18yearold half sister died a couple of days later. Two other relatives, a 6 and 8yearold remain hospitalized as last word we go. The driver was not charged in connection with that accident. Back here live at route 206 where the roadway is covered with money vehicles, we are being told that it will remain closed for at least another hour. That is the latest from here, live in southhampton, dann cuellar, channel 6 action news firefighters are battling a two alarm blaze at a former plast ecs company in burlington township, the fire broke out at 2 30 this afternoon on the unit block of elbow lane, Officials Say that Hazardous Materials are inside